If all comfort or promises up until now were taken away, what would be left? That was my initial thought for the ending of DOD1.
So, I wondered what exactly makes up a “horrible” last boss. I don’t know what other people think about it but I was completely fed up with it.
DRAKENGARD 3 FINAL BOSS PRO
Imagine a little kid picking a fight with a pro wrestler and in the end the wrestler cries, “Ouch! You win! You win!!” This is no different than with so many final bosses, a sort of hospitable way of giving the gamer something that is neither powerful nor horrible. There was nothing powerful or horrible about them. It was from that perspective by which I saw these bosses as nothing more than “fan service”. I was about 30 then, pretty much an adult. Usually there’s always this fantastically huge monster at the end that screams things like “Mwahaha! I will destroy the world!” or upgrades into a second form for the final stage of battle. That’s why with my first role as a director on the first “Drag-on Dragoon” game (from here on referred to as DOD1), I decided to “ design an experience that we haven’t seen before”.įor example, the last boss. Well, anyway, for me games were the “ door into a new world”. Ah, maybe “falling in love” is going a little too far. The atmosphere I experienced within games meant much more to me than the reality of everyday life things like starry skies and the depths of space in “Gradius”, or getting a taste of the absurd in “Takeshi no Chousenjou”, or to fall in love with the half-naked mecha girl in “The Guardian Legend”. My friends and I would trade stories of playing the game as we explored new dungeons. As an elementary school student at the time, I reserved a copy of the game from a local toy store, bought it, and played it day, after day, after day. This was about the time when “Dragon Quest III” was released. This time let me start with a little story from the past.
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This is the 4th instalment of the “whatever goes” column…… At last we’ve come to the final instalment.
DRAKENGARD 3 FINAL BOSS SERIES
The creative mind behind the Drag-on Dragoon (Drakengard) and Nier Gestalt/Replicant series breaks down how he came to create the characteristic hit series in this 4-part, semi-regular column.
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